The association between malnutrition and oral health status in elderly in long-term care facilities: A systematic review
International Journal of Nursing StudiesPublished 27 April 2012
Aurélie Van Lancker, Sofie Verhaeghe, Ann Van Hecke, Katrien Vanderwee, Joline Goossens, Dimitri Beeckman
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Tentative evidence indicates an independent association between oral health status and malnutrition in the elderly residing in a long-term care facility, and the methodological quality of the studies was medium.
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Tentative evidence indicates an independent association between oral health status and malnutrition in the elderly residing in a long-term care facility. Caution is needed for the interpretation of these results because of the absence of a gold standard to define and assess malnutrition and oral health status and the presence of methodological limitations throughout the studies.
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